According to RDN (17 August 13; 21 August 13) and RFA (18 August 13), on August 8, 2013, security officials in Guangzhou municipality, Guangdong province, detained rights activist Yang Maodong, a.k.a. Guo Feixiong, at the Tianhe District PSB Detention Center on suspicion of "gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place." Authorities reportedly detained Guo for participating in January 2013 protests supporting demonstrating reporters at Southern Weekend newspaper. In his indictment, officials cited Guo for organizing the Southern Weekend protests and "conspiring" in April 2013 to push for disclosure of officials' assets and ratification of the ICCPR (Boxun, 26 December 13). On November 27 the Tianhe District People's Court sentenced Guo to 6 years in prison for "disrupting order," adding a charge of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" during the trial's sentencing phase (RDN, 27 November 15). The judge reportedly kept Guo's lawyer from defending against the added charge. On January 19, 2016, the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court affirmed the verdict (RDN, 22 January 16). On May 9, prison officials reportedly filmed him being subjected to a forcible rectal examination; Guo began a hunger strike in response the same day (RDN, 15 June 16).